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At least 184 Somali immigrants have been arrested in Malawi as they were trying to enter the country illegally.

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UNAIDS and the Global Fund believe African Union (AU) chairman and Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's voice should be upfront in the campaign for the G8 to replenish funds. Anti Aids, tuberculossis and malaria, Africa's main killers, would benefit from the development, they say.

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The Obama led administration has served notice of a possible terrorist attacks on US citizens during the World Cup in South Africa this June.

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The World Bank has offered Uganda $1.97 billion in concessional loans over the next five years to help finance the country's newly-launched National Development Plan (NDP), the World Bank said.

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A Climate Council, charged with developing a National Climate Plan, has been inaugurated by the Republic of Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

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Angola approved a law on Thursday to tackle money laundering and the financing of terrorism, months after it was accused of not complying with international rules on the issues.

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The annual meeting of the African Development Bank started Thursday in Ivory Coast, with plans on the table for a 200 percent rise in the bank's current capital of 33 billion dollars (26.9 billion euros).

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The U.S on Thursday approved a $15 million grant program for Liberia as President Barack Obama met Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and praised her efforts in rebuilding the country from war.

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Zimbabwe's newly created media commission said Wednesday licenses have been granted to allow four new private daily newspapers to start operating, in the first concrete move to relax tough media rules.

"The Zimbabwe Media Commission is committed to the establishment of a free media that is a market place where citizens have easy access to a wide range of quality information," said the commission's chairman Godfrey Majonga.

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The South African government has signed a nuclear agreement with Algeria, the energy department announced on Wednesday.
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The agreement was signed in Algiers between South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters and her Algerian counterpart Dr Chakib Khelil on Wednesday, the department said in a statement.

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The crème de la crème of Africa's media are gathering in Uganda's capital Kampala for the prestigious 2010 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards on Saturday. Already some of the 27 finalists from 15 countries had started arriving. They include Uganda's Halima Abdallah Kisule of The EastAfrican and NTV sports reporter Leon Ssenyange.

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Security and political authorities in Ghana and Togo have agreed that appropriate conditions are on the ground for Ghanaian refugees who fled the northern conflict in Ghana to Togo to return home.

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A Climate Council, charged with developing a National Climate Plan, has been inaugurated by the Republic of Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been sworn in as head of state for a new term following his win in last month's election.

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The national secretary of the Zambian ruling party has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after being convicted of corruption.

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A Rwandan doctor has been arrested by French authorities in connection with the 1994 genocide which left at least 800,000 people dead.

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Tunis — The Prime Minister, Mr. Mohamed Ghannouchi, received successively, on Wednesday, the ambassador of India in Tunis, Mr. Bassant Kumar Gupta and and the ambassador of Argentina, Mr. Jesus Fernando Taboada, who came to bid farewell at the end of their mission in Tunisia.

The meeting helped review relations binding Tunisia to the two friendly countries.

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Tunis — Mr. Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Prime Minister received on Thursday Mr. Adoum Gargoum, Cameroon's President Special.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Gargoum said he was carrying "a written message from President Paul Biya to President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali." He also said that his visit to Tunisia is part of the strengthening of the friendly ties of cooperation with Tunisia, "the first commercial partner of Cameroon," he added.

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Tunis — The Tunisian-French team who are in charge of excavations and researches on the archeological Ammaedara-Haidra site, in the Governorate of Kasserine, were recently awarded the World Archeology Prize by the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation's Committee, a charitable foundation based in Paris, France.

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Tunis — Tunisia is focusing on the performance of small farmers, particularly through a series of measures decided in their favor.

In this context, the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries met, on Tuesday, in Tunis with a group of small and medium farmers, and fishermen from all over Tunisia.